Oak Creek tragedy rooted in right-wing extremism
As a nation, we cannot allow this hate crime (or any hate crime) to be swallowed up by the next news cycle and then forgotten.
"Ruby Sparks": Guy creates perfect girlfriend, who created him?
"Ruby Sparks" is a romantic comedy with some rather dreadful underpinnings.
Movie audience laughs and cringes at “Killer Joe”
Our matinee audience, nearly a full house, laughed all the way through "Killer Joe," but it was nervous laughter.
Janitors strike rocks Houston, forces employers to talk
Janitors here won a historic victory this past week as the contractors were forced to begin negotiations with the Service Employees International Union.
Pros and cons of Chomsky and Hedges
The left is blessed with a plethora of astute writers and powerful voices against capitalism and its predatory policies.
Cuba crash reveals dissident links to U.S., European politicians
The incident illustrates the degree to which anti-socialist dissidents in Cuba are linked to important political circles both in the United States and Europe.
Today in history: Uprising at Nazi death camp
On this date in 1943, prisoners at the Treblinka extermination camp in German-occupied Poland rebelled against Nazi guards.
Chick Fil-A debate missing the point
The debate over equal rights for LGBT Americans has recently focused, bizarrely, on an American fast food staple: the chicken sandwich.
